PersonalWeb Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, Appeal Nos. 2020-1543, -1553, -1554 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 12, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment on the pleadings that...more
Our Case of the Week this week is a re-write of our Case of the Week on October 5, 2020. The case involves a drug that could be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. A patent covered use of the product for a specific...more
8/10/2021
/ Appeals ,
Damages ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Improper Venue ,
Inventions ,
Labeling ,
Liability ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Qualcomm Inc. v. Intel Corp., Appeal Nos. 2020-1589, et al. (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2021) -
In the only precedential patent decision issued by the Federal Circuit this week, the Court addressed again the due process and...more
Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2020-1289, -1290 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed a PTAB decision in consolidated IPRs that two...more
BOT M8 LLC v. Sony Corporation, Appeal No. 2020-2218 (Fed. Cir. July 13, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed the stringency of pleading requirements alleging patent infringement. At...more
In re: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al., Appeal Nos. 2021-139, -140 (Fed. Cir. June 30, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted mandamus petitions filed by Samsung and LG Electronics,...more
United States v. Arthrex, Inc., et al, Appeal No. 2019-1434 (Fed. Cir. June 21, 2021) -
The Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision today on the constitutionality of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The...more
6/22/2021
/ Administrative Patent Judges ,
Appointments Clause ,
Arthrex Inc v Smith & Nephew Inc ,
Executive Branch ,
Executive Powers ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
United States v Arthrex Inc ,
USPTO
Ronald Chandler v. Phoenix Services LLC, Appeal No. 2020-1848 (Fed. Cir. June 10, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed the ongoing question of its subject matter jurisdiction over cases...more
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. Andrew Hirshfeld, Appeal Nos. 2018-2390, -2391, -2392, 2019-1038, -1039, -1049, -1070 (Fed. Cir. June 1, 2021) -
This week’s Case of the Week explores a long-running dispute between controversial...more
6/8/2021
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Laches ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
Prejudice ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Appeal Nos. 2020-1475, -1605 (Fed. Cir. May 28, 2021)-
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit considered an appeal from the International Trade...more
Trimble Inc. v. PerDiemCo LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2164 (Fed. Cir. May 12, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit revisited its decision in Red Wing Shoe Co. v. Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc., 148 F.3d 1355...more
5/18/2021
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Summary Judgment
Cap Export, LLC v. Zinus, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-2087 (Fed. Cir. May 5, 2021) -
The Federal Circuit issued a single precedential patent case this week. The district court set aside a judgement and injunction originally in...more
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Appeal No. 2020-1785 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 29, 2021) -
The Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent decision this week comes on appeal from the International Trade...more
Mojave Desert Holdings, LLC v. Crocs, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1167 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 21, 2021) The Federal Circuit issued a single precedential patent case this week—a modified version of a non-precedential order issued February...more
Raytheon Techs. Corp. v. General Elec. Co., Appeal No. 2020-1755 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 16, 2021) -
In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit issued an important ruling about the issue of enablement...more
In Re: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Appeal No. 2020-1288 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 25, 2021) -
The Federal Circuit issued only one precedential decision this week—a companion case from a decision we...more
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1688, -1689 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, Uniloc appealed from two consolidated IPR decisions finding multiple claims unpatentable as obvious....more
3/17/2021
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§ 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Facebook ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mandamus Petitions ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Summary Judgment
Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1646, -1656 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2021) -
Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of indefiniteness, and particularly, terms that are construed as...more
3/9/2021
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Indefiniteness ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Section 112 ,
Sua Sponte ,
Willful Infringement
SynQor, Inc. v. Vicor Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1704 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that common law collateral estoppel could arise from a factual determination made in...more
John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1090, -1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021) -
Our Case of the Week this week focuses on the doctrine of intervening rights, a doctrine that is...more
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents...more
2/17/2021
/ Appeals ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
In only its third precedential patent case of 2021, the Federal Circuit addressed two discrete issues. It established further precedent concerning whether references on web pages and as part of meetings of interested artisans...more
ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2051 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2021)
For the second time in two weeks, our Case of the Week concerns issues relating to Article III justiciability of an appeal from an IPR...more
1/12/2021
/ Already LLC ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mootness ,
Nike ,
Patent Infringement ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Summary Judgment
General Electric Co. v. Raytheon Techs. Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1319 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 23, 2020) -
In one of two precedential opinions this week, the Federal Circuit established new precedent concerning what it takes for a...more
In the only precedential patent opinion issued this week, the Federal Circuit determined multiple issues in cross-appeals from the district court’s disposition of post-trial motions following a jury trial. The dispute...more